More Math Exploration

Our weekly 15 minute math tasks bring us a lot of joy as we explore them together at school. We love talking about our thinking with classmates, sharing ideas on observations and organization, and then choosing a new method to continue our learning. Many choose to act it out, build models, or create organized lists. Before returning to work on the problem, the kids reflected on their learning from homework. These wonderings included looking for an algorithm and a pattern, making connections to the previous Locker Problem, and determining that there is a need for organizing thinking. When we finished for the day, it was clear everyone was thoroughly enjoying the problem, and was reluctant to put it down. Thinking as mathematicians!